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28 April 1943
Diamond, Sidney, 1922-1945
to Estelle Spero
Diamond tells Estelle that the part of camp that he is stationed on is known as "Wake Island" as it's so isolated.
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3 May 1943
Diamond tells Estelle that he should be home on a short period of leave on May 8th. Sidney asks Estelle if she will marry him.
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20 May 1943
Letter written upon Sidney's return from the leave during which the couple became "engaged".
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21 May 1943
Diamond discusses his "unsurpassable proposal" to Estelle, and then describes the train journey back from New York to Texas.
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May 1943
Diamond tells Estelle that he intends to marry her.
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23 May 1943
Diamond describes discomfort caused by a typhoid injection, being officer of the day on a Sunday and the immense heat of a summer day in Texas. He apologizes for not having written on Friday or Saturday, explaining that he had been on a battalion...
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25 May 1943
Diamond describes the tests of physical endurance that he is both carrying out and overseeing, for example a five-mile hike executed in just one hour.
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27 May 1943
Diamond comments on the fact that the couple's engagement had been announced in the Hunter magazine.
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31 May 1943
Diamond describes having spent the weekend in Austin, and also serving on the defense counsels for the court-martials.
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1 June 1943
Diamond informs Estelle that he does not know when his company is to actually leave.
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